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Greg Garrett

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November 06, 1961 in Oklahoma City, OK, The United States

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Greg Garrett is the author of novels, including the critically-acclaimed Free Bird (chosen by Publishers' Weekly and the Denver Rocky Mountain News as one of the best fiction debuts of 2002), Cycling, and Shame, the memoirs Crossing Myself and No Idea, and works on theology, popular culture, politics, and narrative including The Gospel according to Hollywood, The Gospel Reloaded (with Chris Seay), Holy Superheroes, Stories from the Edge, We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2, The Other Jesus, One Fine Potion: The Literary Magic of Harry Potter, and Faithful Citizenship. Greg is also, with Brian McLaren, Lauren Winner, Phylis Tickle, Chris Seay, and other writers, involved in The Voice project, a scripture project for Thomas...more


Average rating: 3.84 · 274 ratings · 69 reviews · 17 distinct works
Free Bird
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One Fine Potion: The Litera...
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Holy Superheroes!: Explorin...
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Crossing Myself: A Story of...
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Shame: A Novel
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The Gospel According to Hol...
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Stories from the Edge: A Th...
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No Idea: Entrusting Your Jo...
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Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
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In the writing I do that's drawn from my own life, Annie Lamott is one of my chief influences. Her honesty and humor make her writing feel true and balance the really serious issues she writes about. I go back to this book more than annually, and it'...more
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I used to hate Augustine of Hippo. I found him too anxious, too focused on the sexual sins he was sure he was committing, and too sure about the fallen nature of human beings. The Confessions changed all that for me. It's like how when you meet someo...more
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I had been writing fiction for a long time before I discovered Walker Percy, but when I read The Moviegoer 20 years ago it was like looking in a mirror and seeing yourself clearly for the first time. I'd been writing about ruined people struggling to...more
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